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Know, it sounds good, i'm in a high rpm, the bike is not fishtailing, i must be good. i lift my visor up and put the bike in neutral and bow my head and say a quick little prayer. >> he puts the bike back in gear and that's all he remembers. the jump and its horrifying results are caught on camera. >> i don't remember getting closer to the ramp. i don't remember shifting the motorcycle. i don't remember getting closer and closer and positioning myself for the jump. i don't remember any of that stuff. and i certainly don't remember the helicopter ride that, you know, sent me to scripps memorial...

>> it's a 1,000 indy car helmet. kevlar. very lightweight, very space hitch technology material. you are not supposed to break those things. that motorcycle helmet was broken in three different places, but it saved my life. >> saves his life, but barely. >> i had a major head injury. i had bleeding on the brain. i crushed my right shoulder, broke the collarbone and my shoulder blade in the back. i broke all my ribs, i punctured both lungs, ruptured spleen, i shattered my pelvis and i broke six vertebrae in my back and one in my neck. but other than that i was all right. >> bubba has no memory ...

Dangerous jump, definitely. he flies down the ramp and misses the landing. but danny takes the old saying to heart. if at first you don't succeed, try, try again, no matter what. >> i went back up there, 10 stories to get to the top of that thing. a fractured ankle in the hot humidity, construction all the way to the top of this thing. i had to hike that thing. >> he gets into position to make another attempt. and lands successfully. >> then i made a perfect. i went back and did it like five times in a row. thank god. yon how it worked out but it did, i made it over the wall, my ankle's broken...

No way this is over all this work. >> danny goes back to the hotel determined that the next day, he will make the jump. >> i would never have thrown the towel in on it. i just didn't know if i was physically going to be able to accomplish it. i mentally was there to do whatever it took to get over the wall. i mentally didn't know if my ankle would give out. i'm ready to go. is this thing going to last, yon. >> the next day, danny and his broken ankle make it to the top of the ramp, determined to go through with the jump. >> it was such a hot day, really hot day and humid, all the gear that i h...

Chinese to make sure this thing was sound and dimensions were translated correctly from --you know, standard to metric. when i actually got there and saw this thing getting constructed, i felt like i already accomplished my goal, to have a western come to china, californian jumping the great wall in a country like china. i never thought in a million years that would happen. >> but big projects can sometimes mean big problems. >> some of the things did come out a little wrong, like the design of the ramp was not perfect. there was a couple flaws in it which i found out about the hard way. >> th...